Greatest Novel of All-Time

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Non-tenure track.

 

[Zeke12]

No corduroy coat. No leather elbow patches.

 

[Azrael]

Department Head, Trump Digital University.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

"Lists are a form of cultural hysteria."

- Don DeLillo


I think what's canonical and not canonical is the work of years, not lists or even mainstream critics. Has a lot to do with what gets taught, and therefore the academy, rather than a popular audience.

I would put Libra higher than maybe everything on this list.

 

[Azrael]

More Moby deck serendipity. Online readalong.

www.mobydickbigread.com/about/

 

[Beaker]

My father, who also graduated law school, told me that after going through school, reading Moby deck would be easier.

Haven't found that to be the case.

Like the large print idea though, will have to try that.

 

[Versatile]

My father, who also graduated law school, told me that after going through school, reading Moby deck would be easier.

Haven't found that to be the case.

Like the large print idea though, will have to try that.

Why?

Here's one thing I have never understood: The rereading of a book you don't like, hoping to get something more the next time. There are more great books out there than you could ever hope to read. Find another.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Lady Brett Ashley's my closer. Just saying.

Lady Brett Ashley is a forking see you next tuesday.
Jake Barnes deserved better.

 

[CHETtheJET]

libra...great stuff.
Underground the best opening chapter in modern literature

"Lists are a form of cultural hysteria."

- Don DeLillo


I think what's canonical and not canonical is the work of years, not lists or even mainstream critics. Has a lot to do with what gets taught, and therefore the academy, rather than a popular audience.

I would put Libra higher than maybe everything on this list.

 

[Zeke12]

Lady Brett Ashley's my closer. Just saying.

Lady Brett Ashley is a forking see you next tuesday.
Jake Barnes deserved better.

Oh, for sure.

But you kind of wanted her anyway, didn't you?

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Oh yeah, I'd goat slam grudge fork that bench. I hate her.

"Oh, Jake, I love you so much. But seeing as how you got shot in the deck, I'm gonna go fork a 19-year-old matador and come crying to you to bail me out of trouble when I get left rode hard."

 

[dreunc1542]

I don't hold the faults of female characters in Hemingway novels against them because, for the most part, he couldn't write female character for ship.